It's Clear to Me! Building Number Sense Through Literature Connections and Technology
Title: It's Clear to Me! Building Number Sense
Through Literature Connections and Technology
Presenter: Fraiser Gordon
Participants will engage in on-computer and off-computer activities that help to develop the conceptual knowledge of number sense and operations through literature connections and technology. Each participant receives a sample CD and lesson plan.
Podcast
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Presenter: Fraiser Gordon
Participants will engage in on-computer and off-computer activities that help to develop the conceptual knowledge of number sense and operations through literature connections and technology. Each participant receives a sample CD and lesson plan.
Podcast
nyscate07i05
On the Shoulders of Technology
Title: On the Shoulders of Technology
Presenter: Frank Sobierajski
Let the power of technology bring mathematical insights to your students. The visual capabilities of computers, digital images, and software make your classroom come alive for 21st century kids.
Podcast
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Presenter: Frank Sobierajski
Let the power of technology bring mathematical insights to your students. The visual capabilities of computers, digital images, and software make your classroom come alive for 21st century kids.
Podcast
nyscate07h05
Digital Democracy – High-tech Activities and Policies Essential for Modern Citizenship
Title: Digital Democracy – High-tech Activities and
Policies Essential for Modern Citizenship
Presenter: Gary Stager Ph.D.
This session explores high-tech activities designed to inspire student political participation at a variety of grade levels. The Internet has changed politics and what it means to be a modern citizen. In an age when candidates host online discussions, political organization depends on meetup.com and elections are won or lost on YouTube, it is vital that students master the tools and media techniques of their age, including: data analysis, simulation building, polling and propaganda creation.
In addition to mastery of the tools and techniques essential for civic participation, this session will explore the network and democratic policies required if students are to develop as productive citizens.
The computer, Internet and constructivist software will be used to address:
* The mathematics of polling
* Making sense of data
* Effective communication
* Propaganda creation
* Online community building
* Civic participation
Podcast
nyscate07h08
Presenter: Gary Stager Ph.D.
This session explores high-tech activities designed to inspire student political participation at a variety of grade levels. The Internet has changed politics and what it means to be a modern citizen. In an age when candidates host online discussions, political organization depends on meetup.com and elections are won or lost on YouTube, it is vital that students master the tools and media techniques of their age, including: data analysis, simulation building, polling and propaganda creation.
In addition to mastery of the tools and techniques essential for civic participation, this session will explore the network and democratic policies required if students are to develop as productive citizens.
The computer, Internet and constructivist software will be used to address:
* The mathematics of polling
* Making sense of data
* Effective communication
* Propaganda creation
* Online community building
* Civic participation
Podcast
nyscate07h08
Engage the Math Classroom with Virtual Multiplayer Educational Video Games
Title: Engage the Math Classroom with Virtual
Multiplayer Educational Video Games
Presenters: James McDermott, Steven Hoy
What's the urgency behind middle school students in New York City suddenly wanting to learn math - and fast?!?....To score more points of course...and beat their counterparts in schools from around the country. Come see how students and teachers are competing, collaborating and learning through multiplayer video games that look like mainstream games, but have been designed for education.
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Presenters: James McDermott, Steven Hoy
What's the urgency behind middle school students in New York City suddenly wanting to learn math - and fast?!?....To score more points of course...and beat their counterparts in schools from around the country. Come see how students and teachers are competing, collaborating and learning through multiplayer video games that look like mainstream games, but have been designed for education.
Podcast
nyscate07f06
Connecting Curriculum - Connecting Minds
Title: Connecting Curriculum - Connecting Minds
Presenters: John Pinto, Dan Lake
Using math support as a model, the presenters will show how teachers in various districts use an online learning management system to provide students and parents with tutorial support at home as well as in school.
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Presenters: John Pinto, Dan Lake
Using math support as a model, the presenters will show how teachers in various districts use an online learning management system to provide students and parents with tutorial support at home as well as in school.
Podcast
nyscate07d08
VITAL: Video in Teaching and Learning
Title: VITAL: Video in Teaching and Learning
Presenter: Sandy Goldberg
Thirteen/WNET presents VITAL, a comprehensive online teaching resource available free to NY educators. VITAL promotes student achievement by offering standards-aligned video clips for classroom use in grades 3 through 8. All video segments are supported by expert-developed educational activities that are aligned to New York State Math and ELA Standards.
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Presenter: Sandy Goldberg
Thirteen/WNET presents VITAL, a comprehensive online teaching resource available free to NY educators. VITAL promotes student achievement by offering standards-aligned video clips for classroom use in grades 3 through 8. All video segments are supported by expert-developed educational activities that are aligned to New York State Math and ELA Standards.
Podcast
nyscate07c01
Using Technology to enhance 6-12 Science and Math
Title: Using Technology to enhance 6-12 Science and
Math
Presenter: Jeff Prevost
ExploreLearning offers a catalog of modular, interactive simulations in science and math for teachers and students in grades 6-12. We call these simulations Gizmos. Gizmos are fun, easy to use, and flexible enough to support many different teaching styles and contexts. Our Gizmos are designed as supplemental curriculum materials that support state and national curriculum standards; in addition, Gizmos help teachers bring research-proven instructional strategies to their classrooms.
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Presenter: Jeff Prevost
ExploreLearning offers a catalog of modular, interactive simulations in science and math for teachers and students in grades 6-12. We call these simulations Gizmos. Gizmos are fun, easy to use, and flexible enough to support many different teaching styles and contexts. Our Gizmos are designed as supplemental curriculum materials that support state and national curriculum standards; in addition, Gizmos help teachers bring research-proven instructional strategies to their classrooms.
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